CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5836
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-415
Description
The plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving an integer node that is treated as a PLIST_KEY and then triggers an invalid free.
Affected configurations
• libimobiledevice libplist
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-415 Double Free weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96022 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/86 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96022 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/86 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory